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BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification News

There is doing some short acceleration pulls with a supercharged M3 and then there is doing some serious extended acceleration pulls to 200 miles per hour with a supercharged M3. The latter is what you see here as a Evolve supercharged DCT E92 M3 with only 6.0-6.7 psi of boost hits an indicated 200 miles per hour. A run like this shows the Evolve supercharger kit is tuned well for all speeds and loads able to do sustained high speed runs such as what one would encounter on the autobahn.
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Yes, BMW is mirroring the Gran Coupe formula used on the 6-Series with the 4-Series. It is yet another model variant squeezed in but fortunately one much better looking than the F34 3-Series GT. Since this vehicle is considered a coupe despite having four doors it will have the 4-Series moniker. Will it eat into F30 3-Series sales? Due to premium pricing compared to the 3-Series just like the 6-Series versus the 5-Series it will likely find a small niche considering its big brothers success.
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Here are some impressive results from BimmerBoost member Tom C who took his F10 M5 to the dragstrip. The car is basically stock short of Supersprint mufflers and K&N filters. He ran on the stock Michelin tires, stock tune, stock turbos, stock downpipes, stock wheels, and even 93 octane pump gas. The result? 11.835@120.870 without utilizing launch control. That is very impressive performance and essentially repeatable on the street.
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Unfortunately, the Baltimore Grand Prix was not run at its full duration due to a crash on the first lap. The 2013 Baltimore GP is now officially the shortest ALMS Grand Prix ever run at one hour and fourteen minutes. The crash involved eight cars blocking the circuit but the twin BMW Z4 GTE's escaped unscathed. The BMW Z4's managed to cross the finish line in third and fourth place keeping BMW in second place behind Corvette Racing.
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The BMW M50d models. A forbidden fruit for the American audience and what a shame that is. Powered by a 381 horsepower and 546 pound-feet of torque 3.0 liter diesel motor it is hard to argue against the X5 M50d as offering quite a bit of utility with excellent efficiency and performance. 0-60? Accomplished in a quoted 5.3 seconds. It would be nice to have that level of performance in a sport utility along with fuel consumption of 42.2 MPG (or 6.7 liters per 100 kilometers on the European cycle).
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HRE has long been known as a performance-driven company where strength, lightness and superior engineering have forged some of the most iconic wheel designs of the past three decades. Inspired by its best selling three-piece Series S1 line, HRE has now launched a Monoblok interpretation of these three designs to create the Series P1. HRE Series P1 line utilizes cutting-edge design, engineering and forging technology to create the newest industry standard for 1-piece performance wheels.
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Finally some ESS versus Gintani supercharged M3 action! These videos are very hard to come by as a video like this can sway perception greatly as to real world performance (dynograph racing is for kids) between the kits. That is why you will not see it on the front page of certain websites. The ESS VT2-650 kit has been claimed to put out over 600 horsepower at the wheels but you do not race graphs, you race cars.
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Great dyno numbers here for an all wheel drive F10 550xi equipped with the N63 4.4 liter V8 twin turbo motor. The owner got a piggyback tune from BMS (Burger Tuning) which retails for a very reasonable $379. What does $379 get you? How about an increase of 67 all wheel horsepower and 74 pound-feet of all wheel torque? Very impressive gains and keep in mind these are at all four wheels on a Mustang dyno which generally reads more conservatively than a Dynojet.
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This video comes courtesy of BimmerBoost member Hansel22 who took his X5M to the drag strip putting down some impressive times (timeslips below). The SUV is completely stock. Hansel ran into an E46 M3 on the drag strip and basically embarrassed it. This is the new M, making heavy turbocharged SUV's and cars that are beasts in a straightline. There was a time where you would see M's, just like the E46 M3, on a track with turns. Now you will being seeing M's do this.
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A horsepower claim without a dynograph or timeslip is just an unsubstantiated claim. Why do tuners do this? Well, the tuners on this network do not. They back up their claimed figures with real numbers. ECU Tuning Group on the other hand makes a lot of bold claims with little to no substance. An example? They call themselves the world's #1 ECU tuner. Seriously. What is that based on? Self-proclamation apparently. If ECU Tuning Group is the number one ECU tuner in the world then BimmerBoost is the world's number one BMW website. The latter is closer to being true than the former.
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This video is a bit odd to say the least. It comes from BimmerBoost member Ghost who has provided some videos showing his tuned F13 M6 demolishing opponents including a stock F10 M5. That is definitely believable but this video showing his tuned M6 just crushing an LP560 Gallardo from a stop and from a roll is suspect. The M6 goes from being behind by several car lengths to bus lengths ahead in a matter of seconds as if there is a disparity of a few hundred horsepower between the cars.
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When Motor Trend starts off talking about the F13 M6 with, 'Unfortunately for the M6, there's no mechanical issue to blame for its standing' you know the M6 was a letdown. A 10th place finish? Out of a possible 12? Very disappointing and indicative of the slump M is in. The cars performance certainly is not bad with a middle of the pack 6th place 1:40.52 laptime around Laguna Seca and a 12.1@123 1/4 mile time also good for a middle of the pack 6th place. Middle of the pack for the highest performance BMW available for purchase. This is unfortunately as good as it gets from BMW.
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